Qatar facility Gulf Glass Factory has produced its first glass.
Under the guidance of turnkey project coordinator Falorni Tech, the facility produced its first glass on the feeder of its line 2 last week.
More glass is expected to be provided with the launch of two more lines shortly.
Gulf Glass Factory is a subsidiary of Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC).
The design capacity of the plant in the first phase is 200 tonnes per day which equates to approximately 1mn glass containers per day, through one furnace at a total cost of about QR320m ($87.7 million).
Future expansion has been considered by adding a second furnace, which will raise the production capacity to about 450 tonnes per day and increase the total investments to about QR400mn.
The plant, aims to produce glass containers used in the food and beverage industry, including mineral water, soft drinks, juices, dairy products, packaging of food products (pickles, oils, sauces, jams, honey, etc.).
It will cover local market's need for glass containers, which are currently being imported from foreign sources at high costs.
Also, a portion of the project's products will be exported to international and neighbouring markets, especially Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq.
These countries suffer from shortage of glass containers, as there are only a limited number of glass container factories, while the needs are high, considering the size and importance of the food industries in them.
The project will have a great opportunity to compete in these as well as in other global markets.
